Education reform continues to make waves in Italy: Tens of thousands of students, teachers and representatives from school paraded in Rome and other cities across the country Thursday to protest against the controversial changes in the education system proposed by the government of Silvio Berlusconi.
These events were recorded within a strike of 24 hours, which resulted in the closure of schools throughout the country.
The rallies were organized following the adoption by the Senate of the reform, which includes the return to single teacher primary school.
For critics of the reform, these changes will affect the quality of the education system and the rule of a teacher in primary be the cause of layoffs.
In Rome, riot police were mobilized at a rally where demonstrators waved flags and chanted slogans hostile to government proposals.
In Milan, youths gathered in front of the Exchange and began shouting that they did not want to pay for the financial crisis, according to press information.
In Florence, one hundred students briefly occupied tracks in a railway station, forcing some trains to take another route. "We have so many people, and if we can not change anything, then it means that it is a form of dictatorship," said Lara Nori, a student of 17 years.
They are "issues affecting the future of our youth, for his part observed Guglielmo Epifani, leader of the largest union in the country, the CGIL, at the demonstration in Rome. "This battle will continue."
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